// Station · 1h 3m ago · STALE

ETHF

Fritzlar Army Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 565 FT

51.1146°N / 9.2860°E

LOCATION · Fritzlar, DE

WIND

250°14 kt

ETHF · 565 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW070

T / Td

30 / 10

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 250°/14 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 7,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR ETHF 101020Z 25014KT 9999 FEW070 30/10 Q1014 BLU+

ETHF · day 10 at 10:20 UTC · wind from 250° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 7,000 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 14 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

250°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H11 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,413'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T11 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,565 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +16°C

2,500FT

+1,935 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV565 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT542 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ETHA (Altenstadt Army Airfield, Altenstadt, elev 2,425 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW070

Few · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,717 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

04:02ZSUNRISE

11:29ZSOLAR NOON

18:56ZSUNSET

19:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:34Z (8h 11m) DAY LENGTH14h 54m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION9% MOONRISE01:43Z MOONSET16:37Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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